Example sentences of "[verb] and set the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was that cold contempt , the same icy disdain with which he was observing her now , which had prompted her to try and set the record straight . |
| 2 | Fernand stopped and set the torch upright on a ledge . |
| 3 | Once the legs were jointed I turned the leg and stretcher assembly upside down on to the bottom of the seat and from this I could mark the centres to be drilled and set the bevels to repeat the process . |
| 4 | They agreed and set the following Monday , 27 February , as the test date . |
| 5 | Editor , — As B W Lloyd and P Barnett emphasise , communication between general practitioners and hospital specialists is of utmost importance — the letter remains the most significant factor in this and often it is this initial form of contact which may determine the care a patient receives and set the tune of the partnership between the two doctors . |
| 6 | Valerie shuddered and set the coffee-pot down on the white wrought-iron table . |
| 7 | A pseudo-variable which reads and sets the elapsed time clock . |
| 8 | A 24 character long string pseudo-variable which reads and sets the system clock . |
| 9 | I 'll go and set the table . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ As Luke wo n't be back in the office until around three o'clock , and as the party 's at such short notice , I 'd better go and set the ball rolling . ’ |
| 11 | The free play of air around him defined and set the limits of his body in a way that he had completely forgotten . |
| 12 | Sam Rankin , ‘ The Dyer ’ for Douglas Reyburn , and Douglas Carlyle , Dye House Supervisor , choose and set the programmes on the computer . |
| 13 | Will you come and set the table for me . |
| 14 | A workshop with one machinist who carefully adjusts and sets the machine up and leaves it that way at the end of the job is not necessarily going to need the heaviest equipment . |
| 15 | But Finnan was true to his word , and there was beer that night to drink when they had beached and set the horses to graze ashore , and lit their fires on the bank . |
| 16 | Sir Harry Hinsley in British Intelligence in the Second World War has summarised the awesome challenge : ‘ Instructions for arranging and setting the wheels could be changed as frequently as every 24 hours ; anyone not knowing the setting was faced with the problem of choosing from one hundred and fifty million , million , million solutions . ’ |